Fountain spray brush



Aug.. 16 1927. 1,639,586

E. H. BOUCHER 'FOUNTAIN SPRAY BRUSH Filed Jung 25. 1926 2 sheets-sheet 1 Aug. 16, 1927." 1,639,586 X E. H. BOUCHER FOUNTAIN SPRAY BRUSH 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 23. 1926 ffl/WW Patented Aug. 16, 1927.

UNITED STATES EDWARD H.`BOUCHER, OF STILLWATER, NEW YORK.

FOUNTAIN SPRAY BRUSH.

Application led June 23, 1926. Serial No. 118,004.

This invention relates to a fountain spray brush adapted for use Jfor shampooing purposes and as a bath brush or hair brush.

The invention may be embodied in different forms, only cert-ain ones oie which are hereinafter described.

The object of the invention'is to provide a spray brush provided with novel means for holding the bristles or rubber or other J0 teeth which may be employed according to the use to which the brush is to be put.

To that end, I provide a thinible into which the bristles or the tooth may be inserted and secured to provide a unitary mounting, and the brush head has an apertured seat therethrough which is l shaped to receive the thimble, retain it, and permit the water to flow therearound to have access to the bristles or the tooth held by the thimble. There are as many of the thimbles,

bunches of bristles, or teeth as may be necessary to meet the requirements demanded of the particular brush which is provided with my improvement. Furthermore, theV brush may have bristles alone, or only teeth, or it may be provided with both teeth and bristles.

Another obj ect of the invention is to provide, in combination with the removable thimbles, a perforated plate which will hold all of them in their apertured seats without, however, interfering with the flow of the water to and through the seats, and to secure theholding plate in position, with capacity for detachment, by an improved arrangement of screws and nuts.

Additional objects are the provision of self-contained, unitary thimbles and bristles or teeth which maybe interchangeably used, or removed, for replacement, wit-hout disturbing the remaining units comprising thimbles and bristles or teeth; also toprovide an improved tube or hose connector enabling substitution of one yform of brush for another by a simple manipulation; and an "-5 improved hand-hold which enables the open ator to securely and yet easily grasp and retain the brush when using it as a shampoo device.

Other objects of the invention will appear mi from the following description. Certain embodiments of my improvements are shown inthe accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a eide elevation of the shampoo or bath brush;

e@ Figure 2 is a section thereof;

bristles held thereby;

Figure 5 is asimilar view showing one form of tooth;

Figure 6 is a detail view ot a thimble and another form of tooth; Figure 7 is a longitudinal section through the hair brush, and Figure 8 is a Vfraginentary detail plan view, partly in section, showing-the thimbles in their seats.

In Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, the invention is shown as embodied in ashampoo and bath brush, whereas in Fig. 7 the improvements F are 4shown in connection with a handled haii' brush which is adapted for use as a spray brush or independently as a hair brush.

Referring' first to Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, the water container appears at 1, being preferably of semi-spherical form, or substantially so, or of a dome shape. The lower edge of the water container is seated in a groove 2 in the brush head 3, there being a gasket 4to provide a tight joint. The nipple or connector 5 is'provided on the water con- "tainer 1 and has a flange 6 for engagement by a coupling 7 of spring wire which is carried by a clamping member 8 pivoted at 9 to theconnector 10 ot the hose or tube 11.

The means thus provided lenables the spray brush to be quickly and easily attached to the ywater' tube or hose or disconnected tlierefrom to permit attachment of another spray brush whenever desired. The water container 1 is provided with a projection 12 at its top, to which is connected a finger piece 13', a screw 14 beingrprovidedfor this purpose. The ingerpiece 13 and the projection 12 together constitute a holding device which may be straddled by the fingersof the hand of the operator when holding the watercontainer h1 during manipulation of the brush, slippage beingprevented and yet it is unnecessary to tightly grasp the wat-er container.

The projection 12 may be provided with a screw threaded socket 15 to receive the scr-ew threaded end of the screw 16 which connects the brush head 3 and the water container 1. The water container is provided with a cross piece 17 through which 16 passes. The head 3 is provided with a boss 18 through which the screw 16 .abc-'ve the head s is. the 11@ forated plate 19 which is secure-d by screws 20 to brush-head 3 and lies above the thimble, now to be described, which hold the bristles or teeth.

' l' able manner.

The head 3 has apertured seats 21` which extend therethrough and are tapered from top to bottom, the smaller ends being lowerniost. These seats have grooves 22,A preferably two or more in number.

My invention comprehends the use of either bristles or teeth or both being used on the same brush. In each instance a thimble 23 is provided in which the bristles 2li or the toothI 25 are secured' in any suit- The bristles may be of any quality and stiffness desired. The teeth may be of hard or soft rubber or of composition and they may assumeI the form shown either inV lig` 5 or iny Fig. 6, the former being a soft rubber tooth 25v and the latter a hard rubber or composition tooth 26 having a pronged lower end 27.

' The thimble 23 is tapered and provided with tapered lugs or ridges 28- whieh are adapted to fit the seats 22 but the proportions of the parts are such that there is a space around t-he thinible between it and the seat 21 through which the water or fluid being used may pass to the lower face of the if head 3 to have access tothe bristles or the tooth. 'Iheshape of the seats and of the thimbles causes an. equalization of the fl'ow of the water and insures that it Circulate around the thimbles. Furthermore, the

" water strikes the upper parts of the thirnbles and the force of the flow is thus brokenbefore the water reaches the bristles or teeth; consequently, i-tis impossible to force the water too strongly against the scalp or body 1 'l' when using the brush.

.nected from the hose 11 and used independently of a water supply.

In F ig. 7 I have shown the invention embodied in hand brush form, the body or water container appearing at 29 and the handle at 30, the latter having a shouder or flange 6 similar to the one previously described,provision thus being made for attachment of the connector 10 and hose 11. iieleasing the coupling-7., this form of the invention may be used separately as a hair brush. The construction: is in all respects similar tothatpreviously described except that there are two screws 16 and the plate 19 has nuts 31 located thereabove which are serewedronto the upper parts of the bosses 18.

The brush head 3 may be provided with projecting tubes or hol-low bosses lS2 surrounding the point ofv entry of the bristles or teethin the seats 21, if desired.

`What I claim. is:

1. In a fountain spray brush, the combination with a brush head. having seats provided` withineans for thev passage of fluid from one side to the other side thereof, of removable liuid applyingunits having thimbles received in said seats, and a perforated plate bearing on said thimbles and. holding them in position.

2.V In a tountain` Ispray brush, the combination with a brush vhead having apertured seats provided with channels in their walls, of removable liuid applying units having thimbles smaller in diameter than said seats and provided with lugs,'said thinibles being received in the seats in spaced relation therete and the lugs in the channels.

3'. In a fountain spray brush, the combination with a brush head having tapered aipertured seats provided; with tapered channels in their walls, of removable fluid applying. units having tapered thimbles smaller in diam-eter than said seats and provided with tapered lugs, said thimbles being received. in. the seats in spaced relation thereto and the lugs in the. channels, and a perforated plate vbearing on said th-imbles and holding them inl position.

In testimony whereof I vatiix ture.

EDWTARD H. BOUCHER.

my signa- 

